- access and transit rights
means rights of access to railway infrastructure and rights of transit through a Member State using the railway infrastructure;
- access charges review
means a review of access charges carried out in accordance with Schedule 4A to the Act;
- ad hoc request
means a request for individual train paths made other than in accordance with the timetable for the capacity allocation process as set out in Schedule 4;
- allocation body
means a body or undertaking, other than the infrastructure manager, which is responsible, by virtue of regulation 16(3), for the functions and obligations of the infrastructure manager under Part 5 and Schedule 4;
- applicant
means— (a) a railway undertaking licensed in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 95/18/EC dated 19th June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings, as amended by Directive 2001/13/EC dated 26th February 2001 and Directive 2004/49/EC dated 29th April 2004, both of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- charging body
means a body or undertaking, other than the infrastructure manager, which is responsible, by virtue of regulation 12(7), for the functions and obligations of the infrastructure manager under Part 4 and Schedule 3;
- charging scheme
means the specific charging rules established in accordance with regulation 12 by the Office of Rail Regulation or, as the case may be, the infrastructure manager;
- charging system
means the system established by an infrastructure manager to determine access charges;
- electrical plant
has the same meaning as in the Electricity Act 1989;
- factory
has the same meaning as in the Factories Act 1961;
- framework agreement
means either— (a) an access contract described in section 18(2)(a) of the Act which satisfies one of the conditions in sub-section (1) of that section;
- infrastructure manager
means any body or undertaking that is responsible in particular for— (a) the establishment and maintenance of railway infrastructure;
- interested parties
includes—
- military establishment
means an establishment intended for use for naval, military or air force purposes or for the purposes of the Department of the Secretary of State responsible for defence;
- mine
has the same meaning as in the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;
- nuclear site
has the same meaning as in the Radioactive Substances Act 1993;
- quarry
has the same meaning as in the Quarries Regulations 1999;
- service provider
means a body or undertaking that supplies any of the services— (a) to which access is granted by virtue of regulations 6 or 7;
- the 1996 Act
means the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996;
- the Act
means the Railways Act 1993;
- the Council Directives
means— (a) Council Directive No 91/440/EEC dated 29th July 1991 on the development of the Community’s railways, as amended by Directive 2001/12/EC dated 26th February 2001 and Directive 2004/51/EC dated 29th April 2004, both of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- the Office of Rail Regulation
means the body established under section 15 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003;
- the Treaty
means the consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and of the Treaty establishing the European Community;
- transit rights
means rights of transit through a Member State using railway infrastructure located in that Member State;
- United Kingdom national
means an individual who is—
- working day
means any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or a bank holiday in England and Wales by virtue of section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;
- working timetable period
means the calendar year commencing at midnight on the second Saturday in December.